My growroom gets too cold...?? Help!!

[RC51]

Alright my grow room is in an attic...and daily temps with a heater are good...but when the lights go off the temps drop from around 75 to around 40.....and i havent used a heater at night... but my question is? i have blankets closing off the room from the outside air...and they dont seem to hold out the coldness..Is there anything else i can use and put up to make it a little warmer in there...I just need some help with some warming techniques or things to do??? thanks

 

[Sammet]

How about switching your lights on during the night? so the warmth from the lights heats the room?

Then during the day it won't be so cold.

 

[RC51]

yes i could do that...but i work in my room a lot during the day...so at night would be my only choice to go in there...i think that this is my last resort...

 

[RC51]

and i have a veg room and a flower room...and the veg room already has the lights on 24/7 and reaches around 40 at night...

 

[Sammet]

Easy, vent from your veg room into the flower room. Hot air will raise your temps.

 

[RC51]

yes i could do that....but im only using floros in my veg area...so there isnt much heat produced in there to distribute else where.......

 

[342]

heat

heat

I heard of using a catalyst propane heater it will add co2 cheaply and heat

 

[RC51]

and how safe are those?? do they have an auto shut off feature

 

[bluebublelove]

Easy, vent from your veg room into the flower room. Hot air will raise your temps.


what about light leaks from the 24hr light veg room veniting into the 12 hour flower room?

 

[Sammet]

Easy, vent from your veg room into the flower room. Hot air will raise your temps.


what about light leaks from the 24hr light veg room veniting into the 12 hour flower room?

Use a light trap? not hard to do, or put 2 90 degree corners in some ducting connecting the 2.

But using a small propane heater would be best seeing as your other room is not too warm. Something like this:

http://www.greenfinger-hydroponics.co.uk/articledetails.php?ArticleID=917

Also the added CO2 would be beneficial for your grow.

 

[RC51]

yea....i have a 150 w hps...so i am going to put that into my veg area...and then if temps...are good in there i can vent to the flower room..

 

[Guest]

I feel ya. In the summer my garage is 105 - 120F and in the winter it used to get in to the 10-20F range. As my cabinets are in there it was tough. So flower at night and in the winter I run a terribly inefficient electric heater to keep it in the 40F range. I have been using heat mats in the veg cabinet and a self regulating heating cable in the flower chamber. If you are above freezing at canopy I think the root zone temp is most critical. I am no expert on the temp thing I just try to survive. I think I will build a custom AC for the flower chamber next summer.

Best of luck to ya.

 

[RC51]

yea......i have to get some heat mats...thanks...

 

[AbbieDoobie]

I run my cab in my outdoor shed and I put a little space heater right at my intake. I run my Vortex fan 24/7 and have the thermostat for the space heater inside the cab. If the temp drops in the cab, the space heater kicks in and brings up the temp. Works like a charm, until the the space heater f's up and burns down my shed. But, hey, what's life without a little risk?

 

[RC51]

ha...thanks

 

[342]

I"have heard" the small tent heater at wall bush mark $44.oo works great just turn of when working on your plants it been use in a 6 by 8 room .and turn down on a 2' by 2' grow 400 hps

 

[RC51]

ok..thanks

 

[AbbieDoobie]

This is the little heater I use:

It is a Lakewood brand heater that is sold at Walmart. I've been using this brand for about 3 years now with no problems at all. They are all metal and are guaranteed safe. They do the job, just set it at your intake and put the thermostat in the grow room. Easy peasy.

 

[RC51]

thanks...

 

[Sammet]

Let us know how you get on RC, any photos of your setup mate?